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Monday, October 31, 2005
	Happy Halloween! by brian @ 14:47:21 - [perma-link] I carved 2 pumpkins for Halloween this year, and made a Blood Fountain. I hope the rain clears up so we get a lot of trick-or- treaters tonight.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
	Buddha fruit by brian @ 11:13:11 - [perma-link] Bringing inner peace to a balanced breakfast...
Saturday, October 22, 2005
	Sometimes I'm Smart by brian @ 17:59:59 - [perma-link] This is not one of those times. See those 4 outlets marked "instant back up power supplied" (if the text isn't clear, its the closer, empty row)? OK. See the stuff that needs backup power, plugged into the other side? Yeah.... No wonder this thing doesn't work!
Sunday, October 16, 2005
	What is that? by brian @ 02:04:55 - [perma-link] This is the speaker bracket from underneath the dash of my charger, like up in the center under the window. Its was the center channel back before there were 4 other speakers and a sub to go with it. I pulled the wretched carcass of the speaker out while I had the dash out a few weeks ago. It actually frees up a ton of space inside the center of the dash. So the battery box is out, and now I'll try mounting it in the dash. I think I can re-use this original bracket (maybe not the rusty original screws) to attach the computer to the car, or at least use it as a template.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
	My CarPC by brian @ 17:50:14 - [perma-link] Obviously these pictures are not in the car. I got my mini-itx system parts Tuesday night. Yesterday I went out and got an ATX power supply, so I can power it up and debug it before I put the system in the car. This will be the new "entertainment system" for the Charger. The 100G disk will hold plenty of music, videos and maps and who knows what else. That's a lot of space. The small screen will go somewhere in the dash, and is a touchscreen, so I can just poke stuff while driving instead of having to switch from the steeringwheel to a keyboard/mouse. It shouldn't be any more difficult than pressing radio buttons. The keyboard I have for it can roll up, so I can store it in the center console, and pull it out if I really need it. So far I've just installed Linux. I still need to install the drivers for some of the parts. Then I need to figure out what to use to build the chassis for the final box.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
	Printer error by brian @ 11:19:20 - [perma-link] Gee. I wonder who is causing the paper jam.
Sunday, October 2, 2005
	Charger electrical problems: Solved by brian @ 21:05:10 - [perma-link] For now, anyway. The two dash pics show you how it flips down to access the back. The soldering tools represent what I did, since its all back together now, and I didn't think to take pictures during... The headlights work again, and are much, much brighter. They also lost the yellowish tint that old crappy bulbs make, and have a whiter light as the halogens should. The main culprit turned out to be a bad footswitch (replaced with an under-dash toggle for now). There were also a couple of fused wires (one sort of ground-ish, and the other sort of straight from the battery positive) at the bulkhead. I peeled them apart and wrapped them in tape. I drove today with the radio and lights on. Nothing flickered or cut out when I hit the brakes or turn signals. It all works! While the dash was open I hooked up the windshield washer wires. Turns out that Jen's dad and I actually did fix it about 5 years ago, but we didn't have the full wiring diagram. But with the back of the dash in plain view it was a piece of cake. The pump, hoses, and engine compartment wiring that we did back then were all good. I should fix the horn next.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
	PIR Drags by brian @ 00:35:15 - [perma-link] Josh and I went to the drag races tonight, just as spectators. We didn't get there in time to see his friend break into the 12s in his mustang, but we did see plenty of fast cars. The one with all the logos is a Datsun 510 converted to electric power. Its a homebrewed job that ran a 12.2 quarter mile shortly after this photo. The other shot is two 66 Chargers.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
	New paint job by brian @ 19:19:19 - [perma-link] A couple of buttons on my phone weren't working very good, so I took it apart to fix them. While it was in pieces, I figured I'd paint it. Its cheap color changing paint. Green to purple main body with blue to purplr accents. Not sure if you can tell from these pics or not.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
	Its baaaaack! by brian @ 12:27:34 - [perma-link] So after about 2.5 months, we finally got the M3 back. Good as new, and better.
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